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Results from the ESDAA Division 1 Girls Basketball Tournament hosted by Lexington Champion -MSD, 2nd TLC, 3rd NYSD, 4th Lex, 5th ASD, 6th WPSD, 7th NJSD, 8th PSD; Vicki White Sportsmanship Award ASD; Team Free Throw Champ MSD; Team Lay up Cham NYSD Hot Shot Champ- Bonnie Mahnick WPSD; Knockout Champ- Shaquana McDonough TLC; ll Tournament Team: Andrea Amati MSD, Shaquana McDonough TLC, Desiree West TLC, Danielle Sprague- TLC, Tiffany Freeman NYSD, Bonnie Mahnick WPSD, Alisa Powell NYSD, Shanika Hewitt LEX, Shayna Rose UNger MSD, Lisa Meyer LEX, Ashley Richards ASD, Tushanda McKinney NJSD, Tandy Lewis MSD, Heba Kayed PSD ..

Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association - Div. II Girls Basketball Tourney Results - Providence, RI. Qualifying Round:  #8 seeded NYSSD v. #9 seeded Delaware. New York State - Rome used a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Blue Hawks of Delaware, 45-23, in the qualifying round of the ESDAA Div. II tournament at RI School for the Deaf.  Amanda Miller, Jessica Miller and Trittney Mahiott combined for 27 points.  Meanwhile, Kaitlyn Schwabrow
contributed a game high 18 points leading the Trojanettes to victory.  Kiona Drayton led Delaware with a team high 14 points.

Rome will face #1 seeded RI today (Thursday) at 1:15 pm. Other matchups include: Delaware v. RISD JV  3:00 #5 Scranton v. #4 Mill Neck  4:45 #2 St.Mary's v. #7 Austine  6:30
#3 Rochester v. #6 West Virginia  8:15 All games will be played at Cooney Gym.

PSD Season Wrap-up - January 30, 2008, (PSD vs MKSD) Michael Andrews dropped in 12 points while Brian Wimberley got 9 points. Brian’s played a great defense game with 8 blocks. MKSD led the whole game. The final score was the 58 to 27. February 2, 2008 (PSD vs SSSD) Brian Wimberley had a double-double with 15 points and 15 rebounds. Also Michael Andrews helped the team with good defense and he had 12 points. PSD won the Homecoming game and the score was 46 to 34. Our record is 3-9. February 5, 2008 (PSD vs Stern) Randy Spann came off the bench to score 8 of his 14 points in the second half. Stern won the game 66 to 35. Our record fell to 3-10 February 11, 2008 (PSD vs Stern) The Panthers topped Crenfeld, 45 to 39 in overtime. Brian Wimberley got another double-double with 15 points and 17 rebounds. Knolis Davis came off the bench in fourth quarter and he helped the team by scoring 4 points on back to back possessions to end the game in overtime for the Panthers. February 14, 2008 (PSD vs CCA) Brian Wimberley scored a team high 14 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for the Panthers. CCA edged the Panthers, 48 to 32. This is the last game of the season and our team will travel to American School for the Deaf for CSSD. Our record is 4-11.

New Jersey Varsity Boys  - February 4^th @  NJ - NJSD 69 - CAP  60. The Colts withstood a furious 4^th quarter rally by CAP and held of for the win. Victor Montes de Oca had a great defensive game with 17 rebounds and 3 blocks. Points were as follows: Brandon Hall 17, Chris Webb 18, Marvin Shuler 16. Hall and Webb each had 5 assists and Wayne Jennings had 3 steals and 13 points. February 6^th @ Delaware - NJSD  56 - DSD  27. NJSD had a season high with 9 players in the score column. Brandon Hall continues his stellar play of late by getting a game high 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 steals. Marvin Shuler had game high 11 rebounds and 4 blocks. Chris Webb had a game high 6 assists and season high 8 rebounds. Shuler and Jennings each added 10 points. February 11^th @ United Christian Academy - NJSD  57 - UCA  40. Chris Webb lead the NJ boys with a perfect 7 for 7 from the line, 5 field goals and 2 three-pointer and a team leading 6 assists!  Marvin Shuler and Brandon Hall were terrors on the boards with 15 and 16 rebounds. NJSD lead 55 – 25 after three quarters. Off the bench Keon Houlsey had 4 assists and 4 steals

New Jersey Girls Varsity Basketball

January 28^th  @ Villa - NJSD  28 - Villa Victoria 40. The Lady Colts came out of the gate sluggish but improved in the second half.  January 30^th @ PSD - NJSD 22 - PSD 24. The girls traveled to Philadelphia to get their hearts broken! They lost the game in the fourth quarter where PSD outscored them 5 – 10. January 31^st @ NJ - NJSD  34 - DSD  8. The Lady Colts got their 3^rd win of the season with a good performance by the entire team. February 6^th @ Delaware - NJSD 37 - DSD  26. With a strong performance in the fourth quarter the Colts pulled off their 4^th win. Ashley Christopher has the key points in the fourth to win the game! February 11^th @ United Christian

NJSD 45 - UCA  9. The NJ girls controlled the entire game and got their 5^th win! February 12^th @ NJ - NJSD  16 - Living Faith Academy  58. Wow, what a great team we played! We also honored our only senior, Angela Bun.

That ended the regular season for the Lady Colts with a much improved team effort. In the ESDAA tournament we lost to Maryland in the first game and ASD in the second, but beat PSD in the Sunday game by 2 points. Tushanda McKinney was named to the All Tournament ESDAA team. Season Record:  6-14

ESDAA Boys Varsity Basketball Tournament - February 15, 16, and 17, 2008. Hello to everyone, we have some good news for you; our St. Mary’s Boy’s Varsity Basketball team has come in second place in the ESDAA tournament.   It has been a while since the tournament was held at St. Mary’s and we went in hoping to be champs once again.  In our first game we played Austine School for the Deaf (Vermont), and we won with a score of 67 to 53.  Our second game we also won with score of 62 to 38 against Scranton State School for the Deaf.  The championship game was played against The Learning Center for the Deaf and we played an amazing game.  We started out playing very tough and continued throughout the whole game.  We then took a good lead and then they caught up by half time and was ahead by one point.  By then we knew it was going to be a tough game.  Playing the best we could and with one player injured form the game the day before, we fell behind by about ten points.  We still kept our heads up and with the fans roaring, we played even harder, but we had met out match.  At the end of the game we had lost by eight points with a final score of  47 to 55.  Our all stars were Alex Dailey, David Wantuck, and Michael Lumley; our team had also won the 3-point competition with Alex and David as our shooters.  If you see the boys, please congratulate them on a wonderful year and for playing their best in the tournament.  Thank you for all of the support and a big thanks to all of the fans that came to cheer our boys on. Coach John Salvato, Coach Henry Majka

Rochester. On Tuesday, we hosted Cornerstone and honored our seniors before the game.  Steven Alianell, Fabian Morales, Derrick Behm and Esau Price  were recognized and congratulated on their basketball careers here at RSD.  The wildcats played solid defense and used their fast break opportunities to get the victory, 63-56. Richard Spiecker had a rare triple-double scoring 10 points, grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out 10 assists.  Steven Alianell poured in 20 points and had 15 rebounds while Mark Sperr had 13 points and Sam Kemp added 12 in the victory.

RHODE ISLAND DEAF BASKETBALL - Roosters deafeat Aquidneck Island. Tuesday night RI Deaf boys defeated the Aquidneck Island Christian Academy, 54 - 35. Nathan Robinson, scored 25 points as the Rhody rolled past the Eagles, 55-34. Joe Gareri and Jordan Marcotte combined for 21 points as RISD improved its record to 12-6.This weekend the boys travel to Buffalo, NY for the ESDAA Div. II Boys' Basketball Tournament hosted by St. Mary's School for the Deaf.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team lost to CCA but this time we played much better then the last time. We had a little foul trouble, even though a player was fouled out.  The final score was 61 to 74. David Wantuck scored 33 points; Michael Lumley - 18 points; Alex Dailey - 4 points; Steve Flowers – 4 points; Danny Wantuck – 2 points.

The SMSD Girls Basketball team lost in the semi-finals of the IAC playoffs at West Seneca Christian 56-41.  SMSD was without the services of Center Holly Wilkes and guard Sandia Nembhard. Alisa Bendelewski played as much as she could battling a cough and having flu like symptoms.  SMSD was as close as 43-36 with 3:00 minutes to go when a layup was taken away for a charge call and we never recovered.  Crystle Marion had 22 Points.  Alisa Bendelewski added 13.  Chaynna Powell had 4 points and 13 rebounds as she played her best game of the year.  Kylea Stewart added 2 points.  Sarah Flowers, Val Cipolla and Minnie Weber all played good defense as we used a full court press to get back in the game,

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team lost to Gow School yesterday. The final score was 77 to 85. What a good game it was, they were lead for the first three quarters then we took the lead in the fourth quarter, again we got into foul trouble and one player fouled out at fourth quarter, but overall we kept it together and played a great game.  As some of you know, Gow is undefeated and in first place in the IAC league so far this season.  The last game played against Gow was not one of our best games, but yesterday we showed how well we play as a team and that we have the potential to be the best. . Two players were not playing due to illness and injury and we stilled played very well, that shows that even without a few players, we can be a great team. Michael Lumley scored 28 points, 9 rebounds, 12 assists; David Wantuck - 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists; Alex Dailey - 20 points, 14 rebounds, 6 assists; Steve Flowers – 6 points, 5 rebounds; Chad Johnson – 2 points.

Maryland School for the Deaf  - MSD Boys 71, Hancock 62. Kevin Berrigan had 25 points with six assists for Maryland School for the Deaf Orioles boys basketball (12-7) and Brandon McMillan had 17 points with five assists. Michael Mabashov had 13 points with six assists and five steals for the Orioles. Hancock won the junior varsity game, 42-41. Todd Bonheyo led the Orioles with 18 points

Brandon McMillan scored 31 points with 10 rebounds for Maryland School for the Deaf and the Orioles defeated Catoctin, 93-83, on Friday. He was one of three MSD (10-7) players scoring 20 points or more. Teammate Ryan Bonheyo had 29 points with 12 rebounds and Kevin Berrigan had 24 points with 11 assists and six rebounds. Michael Mabashov had 10 points for MSD with six assists. Trey Thompson led Catoctin (3-11) with 27 points, Matty Thompson had 18 and Justin Albright had 17.  Matty Thompson added 12 rebounds with five assists and Albright had seven assists.  Catoctin won the junior varsity game, 50-40. Nick Nowaczyk had 16 points for the Cougars and Paul Barbour had 11.

Maryland School for the Deaf  - MSD Girls - MSD 38, Hancock 27 -- Maryland School for the Deaf girls basketball(17-3) went on a 15-6 run in the third quarter on Thursday to pull away from the Panthers. Tandy Lewis had 14 points for the Orioles with nine rebounds and five steals and Andrea Amati had five steals with three assists.

RHODE ISLAND DEAF BASKETBALL - Girls: RI Deaf 35 - Masters Regional Academy 37 Overtime. Jessika Wordell scored 17 and Jasmine McLean added 10 but Rhody fell to Masters in overtime. The Lady Reds record is 12-4.

RHODE ISLAND DEAF BASKETBALL  - Boys: RI Deaf 57 - New England Christian 66. In the boys game, Jordan Marcotte and Nathan Robinson each scored 23 points but it was not enough to carry the Roosters past NECA. RISD's record is now 10-6.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team won the game against WSCS yesterday. This time there wasn’t any foul trouble and Henry and I smiled throughout the whole entire game. The final score was 67 to 54.  Michael Lumley scored 26 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists; David Wantuck - 29 points, 7 assists; Alex Dailey - 10 points, 13 rebounds; Steve Flowers – 2 points, 5 rebounds.

NYSSD Girls Basketball. Trojanettes  46 - Holy Cross 34 The Trojanettes won an important game with the Crusaders from Holy Cross to pull into a tie for first place in the NCAC. The Girls NCAC Tournament will be hosted at NYSSD nx. week and will determine the conference championship - with competition between the top four teams. Last night, Shannon Kierpiec led the way with 21 points and 11 rebounds. Trittney Marriott added 2 points and 14 rebounds. Kaitlyn Schwabrow contributed 3 points, 8 rebounds. Jessica Miller had 7 steals.

NYSSD Boys Basketball. Trojans 44 - Holy Cross 51 The Trojans started well on Senior Recognition Night by building a three point lead at the half. Down by two with 2 minutes left in the game, NYSSD just could not get the shots to go in the basket at the end.  They were outscored 5 to 0 in the closing minutes to come up short on the scoreboard. Ty Miller scored 18 points, Irick Carter had 10 points and 11 rebounds, Jeremy Lloyd had 4 points and 5 steals,and Chris Marion/ Corey Twombly combined for 11 rebounds in the game.

Rochester Boys Basketball. On February 5th the wildcats traveled to Fingerlakes and took on the Eagles.  We started out strong but then began making several turnovers and found ourselves down by 16.  We made some adjustments in our defense and put on a full court press and tied it up with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter.  It was a battle but the Eagles took the win, 50-46.  Steven Alianell Led the wildcats with 15 points and 6 rebounds while Mark Sperr added 11 points and 7 rebounds.  Richard Spiecker chipped in 9 points, had 11 rebounds and 6 assists and Sam Kemp added 8 points.
The wildcats are now 2-13 and will take on Fingerlakes again at home on February 11th.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team lost to North Collins School yesterday. The score was 45 to 71. Three players were not playing due to illness and injury and also one player almost sprained his ankle during the game. Michael Lumley scored 16 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists; David Wantuck - 15 points; Alex Dailey - 14 points, 14 rebounds; Steve Flowers – 9 rebounds.

Rochester Boys Basketball. On January 31st, Thursday, we traveled to St Marys.  We lost to St Marys, 58-29.Richard Spiecker had 10 points and 4 assists and Steven Alianell scored 7 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. Our current record is 2-12

NYSD 23 Lexington 25. It was a tight match. Lexington never saw any lead throughout the game until the very last minute in 4 quarter after being tied several times we broke the tie for a lead with 16 seconds left. NYSD could not get a basket in the last seconds of the game to seal a victory for Lexington. Before the BlueJays' final basket, Nimia Masas intentionally fouled NYSD to stop the clock with 46 seconds remaining as they had the bonus. NYSD missed the foul shot so we called a timeout to create a scheme to get the final basket scored by Lisa Meyer. The game leaders were Ashley Jeremie with 12 points and Lisa Meyer 10 points. Lisa Meyer had 15 rebounds (6 offense). Ashley Jeremie dished out 4 assists. Four of our girls stolen four times each. It was a game where full defense were in force.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team beat Rochester School for the Deaf last Thursday and the score was 58 to 29. Our team played a great game all around. David Wantuck scored 23 points, 9 assists; Michael Lumley - 16 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists; Alex Dailey - 13 points, 11 rebounds, 6 steals, 4 blocks; Steve flowers – 4 points; Danny Wantuck – 2 points; Asif Hashim – 5 rebounds.

RHODE ISLAND DEAF BASKETBALL. Rhody sweeps the ASD Tigers on Senior Night! Tuesday night RI Deaf defeated American school for the Deaf girls and boys. Jasmine McLean and Senior,Jessika Wordell, combined for 21 points as the Lady Reds beat their ASD rivals, 42-25. Stegle and Richards of ASD both scored in double figures. RI improves their record to 12-2. In the boys game, Jordan Marcotte contributed 21 and Senior forward, Nathan Robinson, scored 26 points as the Roosters rolled past the Tigers, 55-34. Orlando Perez led ASD with 12 points. RISD's record is now 10-5.

New Jersey Girls Update. January 15^th @ American School. NJSD  16 - ASD  34

The girls were only able to travel to ASD with 7 players and played a sloppy first half. The second half was an improvement. Patti Klinger and Brielle Adens played point guard for the first time and did their best. Brielle had 2 pts, 4 reb, 1 blk – Ashely Christopher had 6 pts, 2 reb 1 stl, 1 blk – Tushanda McKinney had 1 pt, 4 reb, 3 blks – Charlene Galazara had 1 pt, 2 stls – Erin Gasque had 3 reb, 1 stl – Leah Murray had 6 pts, 1 stl and a career high 19 rebounds!!

January 16^th @ NJ vs  Villa Victoria. NJSD  23 - Villa 37. The Colts managed to tie the game at half time 15 – 15, but came out with a real sloppy second half. The team missed their leading rebounder Leah Murray who was sick and their sub point guard Patti Klinger who damaged ligament in her thumb and will miss 4-6 weeks. Tushanda McKinney had 2 pts, 7 reb, 4 stls, 1 assist – Angela Bun had 5 pts, 8 reb – Chelsea Lee had 9 pts, 5 stls, 3 ast – Alli Bienes had 7 pts, 5 reb, 2 stls – Erin Gasque had 1 reb – Ashley Christopher had 6 reb, 1 stl – Brielle Adens had 2 reb, 1 blk, Charlene Galazara had 1 stl.

January 23^rd @ NJ vs United Christian Academy. NJSD 34  - UCA  26. Wow, our second win.... finally!!  Great team effort lead by Tushanda McKinney. She had 11 pts, 9 reb, 6 stls, 1 ast, 2 blks – a great all around game. Chelsea Lee also had 11 pts and 1 reb – Brielle Adens had 2 pts, 1 reb, 1 ast, 1 blk – Ashley Christopher had 2 pts, 1 reb – Erin Gasque had 1 stl – Leah Murray had 8 pts, 8 reb, 1 stl, 1 blk.

January 24^th @ Scranton. NJSD 27 - SSSD  42. Freshman Leah Murray came within one rebound of tying the school record. She pulled down 22 rebounds; the record is 23 held by Brittany Payne and Tiffany Narciso. She also added 10 points and a steal she recorded her first career double double. Brielle Adens had 4 pts, 2 stls, 2 ast – Ashley Christopher had 3 pts, 4 reb, 1 stl, 1 ast – Tushanda McKinny had 6 pts, 9 reb, 2 stls, 1 ast, 2 blk, Erin Gasgue had 3 reb – Charlene Galaraza had a4 pts and 5 reb and really stepped up and played very aggressive. She was all over the court with her hustle. Season Record: 2-10
 

New Jersey Boys Update - December 18^th @ NJ vs Lexington - NJSD  54- Lexington  51; December 19^th @ McNair Academy in Jersey City, NJ, NJSD 46 - McNair  46; January 3^rd @ New York NJSD  59 - NYSD  31; January 8^th @ NJ  vs  Emily Fisher Charter  - NJSD  60 - Emily Fisher  62; January 10^th @ Living Faith in Cherry Hill, NJ - NJSD  55 - Living Faith  93;

January 15^th @ American School - NJSD  56 - ASD  24. The leading scorers for the Colts were Chris Webb with 14 and Brandon Hall and Wayne Jennings with 13 each. The Colts raced out to a 45-15 lead at half and cruised from there. Victor Montes de Oca had 14 rebounds and 4 blocks in the first half, but sat the second half. Marvin Shuler had 8 rebound and 5 steals, Webb lead from the point with 7 assits and 4 steals.

January 23^rd @ NJ vs United Christian Academy NJSD  57 - UCA  23 All players saw action in the game and the starters only played the first half. Even with only 16 minutes of playing time they had great stats: Chris Webb scored 17 points, 4 assists, and 3 steals (all game highs) – Wayne Jennings 12 pts – Marvin Shuler 9 points and a game high 9 rebounds.  Joe Mattiace saw a lot of actions off the bench and had his season high in rebounds with 4.

Janurary 24^th @ Scranton - NJSD  62 - SSSD  40. This was a much more competitive game that the score indicates. The Colts had all they could handle in SSSD. Victor Montes de Oca had another games for the ages, despite playing limited minuits he had 19 pts, 10 reb, and 3 blocks. Brandon Hall had his season high 14 pts and a career high 13 reb. Marvin Shuler had 13 reb and 3 blocks to go along with 8 pts. Chris Webb led with 7 assist. Three players had 5 steals – Webb, Hall and Jennings. A great defensive effort by the Colts. Season Record:  11 - 3

The Saint Mary’s School for the Deaf girls played two basketball games this week.  SMSD played well in a 62-44 loss to league leading Central Christian Academy.  Crystle Marion led the way with 21 points.  Alisa Bendelewski added 14.  Holly Wilkes continues her strong play adding 9 points. SMSD defeated Rochester School for the Deaf 50- 38 before a spirited crowd at SMSD.  Crystle Marion led the way with 25 points.  Alisa Bendelewski added 18 points.  SMSD improved its record to 10 wins and 8 losses. 

Lexington Blue Jays Girls' Basketball. - Lawrence Woodmere Academy 40 Lexington 23 Lawrence Woodmere is co-champions with Long Island Lutheran for 2008 IPPSAL regular season championship. Our girls had played a great 2nd quarter and just fell through as so many shots were missed. LWA is a competitive team. Lisa Meyer led the team with 16 rebounds. Ashely Jeremie had 6 steals and led team with 3 assists.  Record 6 wins 7 losses

Kew Forest 30 Lexington 47. We swept Kew Forest for the season to earn our second win in IPPSAL League play. Our IPPSAL league final standing stands above the last place Kew Forest with 2 wins and 5 losses. However, Ashely Jeremie led the team with 14 points, 3 assists, and 8 steals. Lisa Meyer had grabbed her game high 21 rebounds (8 offense). The girls played superb as we got tied at 24 to 24 before breaking away with full court press and a lot of break aways in our fast breaks in 4th quarter as we scored 15 points in the final quarter to take the win. Kew Forest did better than they did in December. Next game vs NYSD at Lexington at 3:30 PM on Monday, February 4th. Record 7 wins and 7 losses.

ESDAA BOYS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT February 14, 15, 16 & 17, 2008.

St. Mary's is hosting the ESDAA boys' basketball tournament Feb 14th-17th, 2008. We are co hosting with Mill Neck Manor. There is no admission fee for the games. Come one, come all....we would love to have you:)

FRIDAY GAME SCHEDULE:

1:00 pm: Game 1 - W. Virginia vs. Mill Neck
2:45 pm: Game 2 - RISD vs. RSD
4:30 pm: Game 3 - TLC vs. Rome
6:15 pm: Game 4 - SSSD vs. DSD
8:00 pm: Game 5 - Austine vs. SMSD

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16 - GAME SCHEDULE:

12:00 pm: Game 6 - W. Virginia vs. Loser of Game 4
1:45 pm: Game 7 - Mill Neck vs. Loser of Game 2
3:30 pm: Game 8 - SMSD vs. Winner of Game 4
5:30 pm: Game 9 - Austine vs. Rome
7:30 pm: Game 10 - TLC vs. Winner of Game 2

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17 - GAME SCHEDULE:

12:00 pm: Game 11 - 5th place vs. 6th place
1:45 pm: Game 12 - 3rd place vs. 4th place
3:30 pm: Game 13 - 3rd place vs. 4th place
5:30 pm: Championship Game Div. III
7:30 pm: Championship Game Div. II
9:30 pm: Awards

NYSSD 75 - Lowville 68. In a high scoring fast break game, the Trojans outlasted the Lowville Hawks in a tough NCAC contest. Ty Miller led all scorers with 32 points.  Irick Carter netted 14 points. Jeremy Lloyd had 3 points and 5 steals.  Matt Lazarus, Chris Marion and Corey Twombly combined for nine rebounds and two blocked shots. The win was the sixth for the Trojans this season and puts them in 4th place in the Conference.

The Saint Mary’s School for the Deaf Basketball team improved its record to 9 wins and 7 losses with a 52 -28 win over Austine School for the Deaf.  Crystle Marion had 19 points.  Holly Wilkes added 11 points and 12 rebounds.  Alisa Bendelewski added 10 points and played another strong game.

SMSD boys basketball team beat Austine School for the Deaf (Vermont) last Saturday. The score was 62 to 46.  Michael Lumley scored 18 points, 7 rebounds; 6 assists, 5 steals; David Wantuck – 18 pts, Alex Dailey – 16 pts, 10 rebounds; Steve Flowers – 8 pts, 5 rebounds.

RI Boys' Varsity results since the new year. Thursday 1/10 RISD 42, The Learning Center 50; Friday 1/18 @SSSD Homecoming- RISD 44, St Mary's 47; Saturday 1/19 @SSSD Homecoming- RISD 49, Rochester 27; Tuesday 1/22 RISD 63, Harmony Hill 58; Thursday 1/24 RISD 61, Austine School 46. Our current record is 7 wins and 5 losses.

RI Girls' Varsity results since the new year. Thursday 1/10 RISD 18, The Learning Center 59; Friday 1/18 @SSSD Homecoming- RISD 48, St Mary's 41; Saturday 1/19 @SSSD Homecoming- RISD 37, Scranton 30; Thursday 1/24 RISD 46, Austine School 23. Our current record is 11 wins and 3 losses.

SMSD Basketball - Last Friday SMSD boys varsity basketball team played against Park School.  Once again we had good competition against Park.  We struggled to take the lead with a score of 31 to 31 at half time. We then took the lead and with a little foul trouble, won the game with a score of 67 to 60.  Michael Lumley scored 40 points, 6 rebounds; Steve Flowers – 13 pts, 5 assists, Alex Dailey - 12 pts, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks; Asif – 2 pts, 7 rebounds.

The St. Mary’s School for the Deaf Girl’s Basketball team improved its record to 8 wins and 7 losses with a 55-49 victory over West Seneca Christian.  Crystle Marion led the way with 24 points.  Alisa Bendelewski added 16 points hitting several baskets at crunch time.  Holly Wilkes continues to improve as she had 8 points and 17 rebounds.  Kylea Stewart had 4 points and Val Cipolla hit a beautiful 3 pointer early in the fourth quarter.

SMSD Basketball - Yesterday SMSD boys varsity basketball team played against Amherst Christian.  At the beginning of the game we had a slight problem catching up. By the beginning of the 2nd quarter, we started to catch up and started playing together better.  At half time we took the lead with a chore of 35 to 31.  After the 3rd quarter began, we took the lead and kept it through out the rest of the game.  Final Score 73 to 47.David Wantuck scored 23 pts, 8 rebounds, 8 assists; Michael Lumley - 33 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds; Alex Dailey - 13 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists; Steve Flowers – 4 pointed, 4 rebounds.

Lexington Bluejays Girls Basketball - American 35  Lexington 28. American's team has improved as it was good to see them step up their playing level. The game was well played out. However, Ashley Jeremie was the leader for Bluejays as she scored 11 points, dished out 5 assists, and stole 13 from the Tigers. Lisa Meyer had 8 rebounds (3 offense). Sierra Wiltshire blocked 2 shots.

Rochester Boys Basketball. On Jan 22, We finally won our first game of the season!  We beat Cornerstone, 46-43.  It was a wild comeback as we were down by 12 points in the third quarter.  Congratubation to our boys for their preseverance and  work hard.  Dakota Tellander, junior, led the way scoring 13 points, Mark Sperr, unior, had a double double scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds, Sam Kemp,freshman, poured 11 points and had 5 rebounds while Richard Spiecker, junior,also had a double double  with 10 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 steals.

HOMECOMING BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT SCRANTON, PA - Our first day in Scranton, PA., we played Rhode Island School for the Deaf. The game was very close the whole way through. It being our first high school tournament coaching, we felt confidant with our team. We were behind the whole game until the 4th quarter, we took the lead and won with a score of 47 to 44. We managed throughout the game with a lot of foul trouble. Michael Lumley scored 23 points, 8 rebounds; David Wantuck -16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks; Alex Dailey – 4 points, 17 rebounds, 6 blocks; Asif Hashim – 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks; Steve Flowers – 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block. The boys played an amazing game and we had to be well rested for the championship.

It’s the day of the championship and SMSD boys varsity basketball team played against Scranton. We took the lead right away and kept it throughout the whole game. The final score was 74 to 46. We had a little bit of foul trouble through this game as well. Michael Lumley scored 31 points, 6 steals, 10 rebounds; David Wantuck – 22 points, 5 steals, 2 rebounds; Steve Flowers – 10 points, 4 steals, 6 rebounds; Alex Dailey – 7 points, 4 steals, 14 rebounds, 4 blocks; Asif Hashim – 4 steals,

3 rebounds, 3 assists; Chad Johnson – 4 points, 1 rebound. Danny Wantuck also helped the team defensively with one rebound. This was our first tournament won with the boys varsity basketball team and hopefully there will be many more.

SMSD Girls Varsity - The Saint Mary’s School for the Deaf girl’s basketball team improved its record to 5 wins and 5 losses with a 51-31 win over Enterprise High School.  Nine girls scored in the game.  Alisa Bendelewski led the way with 17 points.  Amanda Holden had a career high 4 points.   It was a great team effort.  We are traveling to the Scranton Homecoming this weekend!

SMSD Boys Varsity - Yesterday SMSD boys varsity basketball team lost to Gow School. Another hot game, it was with us in the lead at halftime with a score of 33 to 28. We remained in the lead most of the game until about the end of the 3rd quarter, Gow took the lead and won with a score 59 to 68. Throughout the game we had foul trouble and Steve Flowers even fouled out. We tried our best and didn’t come out on top. However the team played an amazing game overall. Michael Lumley scored 26 points, David Wantuck -21 points, Alex Dailey -12 points.

NYSSD 43 - New Life 31. The Trojanettes held on to their first place position in the NCAC with a solid performance against the Warriors. Shannon Kierpiec led the way 11 points and 8 rebounds.  Kaitlyn Schwabrow netted 8 points and also had 8 rebounds. Amanda Miller contributed 4 steals and Trittney Marriott pulled down 7 rebounds and scored a basket.  The win leaves the Trojanettes undefeated in conference play.

NYSSD 65 - New Life 52. Ty Miller scored a game high 29 points to power the Trojans to a win over the Warriors.  Irick Carter had 10 points and 9 rebounds.  Jeremy Lloyd had 4 steals in the game. Chris Marion, Corey Twombly and Eric Nusbaum combined for 12 rebounds.  Matthew Lazarus had 3 blocked shots and played good defense.

PSD's Lady Panthers played their first game of the season on January 10th against DSD. Due to an a lack of eligible players, the Girls had to postpone the start of the season but are happy to be back on the court - even with only 6 Athletes. Junior Heba Kayed was our high scorer with 13 points in the 21 to 28 loss. Junior Jasmine Rouse contributed the other 8 points. The Lady Panthers are 0 and 1 and are looking forward to a short but sweet season as competition will be limited to a few Schools for the Deaf. This Thursday, 1/17, we will host Fanwood's Lady Tornadoes.

Lexington Basketball -Waldorf 30 Lexington 29. Fri, Jan 11th- This was a big difference for our girls as we played at Waldorf in December making too many terrible mistakes and losing by 14 points. This time was different we played our best game. We were behind them the whole game after being tied several times in 1st quarter. We were behind by 3 points at halftime then behind by 7 points at the end of 3rd quarter. Our girls played hard in 4th quarter they showed a lot of press defense. Controled Waldorf's shooting by not letting them score also we stopped the clock by making fouls on the girls that were not great free throw shooters. We lost 2 opportunites shooting twice at the end of regulation trying to get the winning basket. Heart broken our girls were falling by ONE POINT!

Lisa Meyer led the team scoring with 8 points and dished out 3 assists. Sierra Wiltshire had her best game with 6 points, 8 blocked shots (a one game record) and 10 rebounds (3 offense). Ashley Jeremie controled the game by being a great point guard and came away with 6 points and 6 steals. Record 5 wins 5 losses (IPPSAL 1-4)

Rochester Basketball - RSD lost to Rochester home school, 60-52. Steven Alianell 16 points and 11 rebounds; Richard Spiecker 12 points and 5 assists; Mark Sperr 11 points and 7 rebounds the record is 0-5.

January 10th - RSD lost to Webster Christian, 39-38, Sam Kemp, Freshman, had 14 points and 5 rebounds Steven Alianell, Senior had 12 points and 8 rebounds - the record is 0-6.

January 14th - RSD lost to Union Springs, 30-40. Steven Alianell had a double double  scoring 13 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. The record is 0-7.

Rochester Basketball - On Thursday, the 10th of January the R.S.D. girls basketball team took on the Warriors from Webster in our opening game for 2008.  We won by the score of 59-32.  Gloria Wink was on fire and led the team scoring 26 points and adding 12 rebounds.  Vicky Foster and Melissa Jones added 15 and 14 points respectively.  Foster also had 7 assists with 2 steals in the win.  Our next game will be next Monday the 14th against Union Springs.  Our record so far is 2-4.

NYSSD 34 - Holy Cross 16. The Trojanettes jumped out to a 18-7 lead and could not be stopped from winning their third straight game while moving to 3-0 in the league.  Shannon Kierpiec had 12 points and 11 rebounds.  Cassandra Perry and Brittany Bruce combined for 14 points and 9 rebounds. Kaitlyn Schwabrow netted 4 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.  Amanda Miller contributed 2 points and 7 steals.  Jessica Miller had two points and 11 rebounds. 

NYSSD 45 - Holy Cross 59. The Trojans lost a tough conferecne game to the Crusaders of Holy Cross to move to 2 wins, 3 losses in the NCAC league.  Ty Miller led the NYSSD squad with 18 points despite playing most of the second half with four fouls.  Irick Carter netted 10 points and 15 rebounds.  Chris Marion had 4 points and 8 rebounds.  Jeremy Lloyd, Matthew Lazarus, Eric Nusbaumand Corey Twombly combined for 5 assists, 9 rebounds, and 5 steals.   

Lexington 36   NYSD (Fanwood)  45 - Lisa Meyer stepped up for the BlueJays scoring 22 points and grabbing 13 rebounds (5 offense). Ashley Jeremie dished 4 assists and Florence Norman came off from the bench and handed out 3 assists in 4th quarter alone. We played with a short squad without 3 players. We will play NYSD again on February 4th at Lexington. Record 5 wins 4 losses

The St. Mary’s School for the Deaf Girls basketball team dropped a 55-40 decision to West Seneca Christian at West Seneca Christian.  St. Mary’s got off to a very slow start trailing 18-2 before scoring the next 19 points of the game to take the lead 21-18. Alisa Bendelewski played another stellar game with 18 points.  Crystle Marion had 14 points and 7 assists as she played her best game of the season.   Sandia Nembhard played very well in the second half.  The St. Mary’s record stands at 3 wins and 5 losses.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team won their game yesterday against West Seneca Christian School. The score was 57 to 30. Michael Lumley scored 22 points, 12 rebounds, 9 assists, David Wantuck -19 points, 8 assists, 4 blocks, 3 steals, Alex Dailey - 6 points, 3 assists, 3 blocks. Asif Hashim – 6 points, 6 rebounds, Steve Flowers – 6 points, 5 rebounds.

NYSSD Trojan Updates: NYSSD 62 - RSD 44. Ty Miller -19 points, Irick Carter 18 pts, Chris Marion 4 pts,7 rebounds, Jeremy Lloyd 2 pts, 5 assists, Alex Rivera 2 pts., Eric Nusbaum
4 pts, Matt Lazarus 2pts, 3 blocked shots. NYSSD 68 - SSSD 76 - Irick Carter 26 points,Ty Miller 21 points, Chris Marion 8 points, Jeremy Lloyd 6 assists, Eric Nusbaum 3 rebounds. NYSSD 46 River Valley 70 -  Irick Carter 11 points, Ty Miller 9 points, Eric Nusbaum 2pts,5 rebounds, Matt Lazarus 3 steals. 

Lexington School f/t Deaf Updates- Dec. 17, 2007. Martin Luther JV 16  Lexington 26. We played without Lisa Meyer and won the game. Florence led the team with 8 points. Sierra Wiltshire grabbed 15 rebounds (9 offense). Shanika Hewitt dished out 4 assists. Ashely Jeremie made 9 steals. Record: 3-3

Dec. 18, 2007 - Lexington 35  NJSD 27. NJSD did their best in 2nd half as we had the control of the 1st half. It was a game to see as NJSD has improved as I have to say. Lisa Meyer made 20 points for Lexington Blue Jays. Lisa Meyer grabbed 13 rebounds (6 offense). Shanika Hewitt dished 5 assists and is out for 4 to 6 weeks due to injuring her left knee in the 4th quarter. We sorely miss her. Nimia had 8 steals. Record: 4-3

January 3, 2008  - Legacy 11 Lexington 25. Lisa Meyer led the team with 12 points and 14 rebounds (6 offense). Florence Norman had 9 steals. Record: 5-3. Coach Frank Wells

Maryland Basketball Preview - "Orioles Boys have plenty of veterans, MSD Girls are small but feisty". The Maryland School for the Deaf will be hard-pressed to equal its accomplishments from last season.The Orioles went 26-1overall, and with current Gallaudet University freshmen Daniel Fava and Scott Lehmann having graduated, other playerswill need to step into continue head coach Vance Rewolinski’s program. ‘‘Without Fava and Lehmann, the team will be much different,” said Rewolinski of the duo who averaged 15.8 and 14.0 points per game, respectively. ‘‘We are going to play a mixed tempo. Last year, the team had outstanding speed.” Rewolinski says Scott Lehmann and Kevin Berrigan will be key to this year’s team.. Brandon McMillan, a 6-0 senior, averaged 12.5 points an outing in his junior year.

Berrigan is a 6 foot 1 senior who averaged 8.5 points per game. Junior Ryan Bonheyo (6-1) is back after averaging 7.6 points per contest in his sophomore campaign. Junior Kaeshaun Wills and Michael Mabashov also return after averaging 6.1 and 5.0 points per game, respectively last year. Senior Travis Oshman is the Orioles tallest player at 6-2. Other seniors on the roster include Mark Korn (5-11) and Joseph Solano (5-7). Donte Thomas (5-10) is a first-year junior, and Todd Bonheyo, a 5-11 freshman rounds out the roster. "Our lack of height might affect us,” said Rewolinski, who sports a career record of 94-31. ‘‘We’ll face more close games this year because we are upgrading our schedule."

The Orioles’ girls squad will start three sophomores this season—guard Shayna Unger (5-4), guard-forward Tandy Lewis (5-8) and undersized center Trisha Taylor (5-6), along with two seniors—guard-forward Andrea Amati (5-7) and guard Brittany Frank (5-4). As for this year, I think it looks very promising,” said head coach Terry Berrigan, whose team went 14-11 last season and finished second in the Eastern Schools for the Deaf Athletic Association tournament. ‘‘They are very enthusiastic and ready to start the season with a bang.” Berrigan says freshman guard Claire Tucker (5-5) and junior backcourt mate Danielle Berrigan (5-6) will be the first off of the bench for MSD. The roster is rounded out by senior center Stephanie Kurth (5-9), junior forwards Tia Duval (5-5), and Lauren Wahl (5-3); junior guard Jennifer Rand (5-3), freshman guard Nadasha Harvey (5-3) and freshman forward Rachel Roult (5-6).
 

Rochester Boys Basketball - Dec 17th Monday, the game was canceled due to bad snow storm.
Dec 19th, Wednesday, We played against Tyburn Academy on our wildcats court.  We were 24 points down in halftime.  We adjusted the defense and it worked, end of the 3rd quarter down 5 points.  We lost by 3 points, shot 3 points missed in the buzzer. The score was 52-49. Richard Spiecker 15 pts; Dakota Tellander  12 pts, 6 reb.; Steven Alianell      11 pts, 12 reb. The record is 0-4.
 

Rochester - The lady wildcats took on Tyburn Academy yesterday.  It was a great game with the wildcats losing by just one point.  The final score was 32-31.  Gloria Wink and Summer Loucks led the team in rebounds with 14 and 12 respectively.  Today we will travel to Freddy Thomas for a 4 pm game.  Our record is now 1-3.
 

New Jersey Girls Basketball Update - Tip Off Tournament Runner Up. Round One – 12/14. NJSD 29 - DSD 20. Eighth grader Alli Bienes lead the Lady Colts to their first win of the season with 9 pts and added 1 rebound and 3 steals. Brielle Adens had 4 pts, 1 assist, 2 blocks. Leah Murray had 6 pts, 10 reb, 3 steals. Ashely Christopher had 4 pts, 6 reb, 1 steal. Patti Klinger had 2 reb and showed great hustle. Tushanda McKinney had 2 pts, 6 reb, 3 steals and 1 block. Chelsea Lee had 2 pts, 1 reb, 3 steals and 3 assists. A great game for the team—winning it with their defensive pressure.

Championship Game – 12/15. NJSD 29 - NYSD 43. The girls never gave up and again an eighth grader lead the team in scoring. All tournament team member, Chelsea Lee had a game high and career best 20 points. She added 7 reb, 3 steals and was 10 for 16 in free throws. The other all tournament team member was Tushanda McKinney and she had 3 pts, a game high and career best 13 rebounds, 5 steals and 1 block. Patti Klinger had 1 steal and rebound. Ashley Christopher had 5 pts, 13 rebounds and 1 steal. Leah Murray had 3 reb and 1 pt.

December 18^th  - NJSD 29 - Lexington  35. This is the fourth game in a row that the Lady Colts ended the game with 29 points! Yes, the team lost but the perseverance of the team showed with a phenomenal second half. In the first quarter they were outscored 2-13 and by halftime it was 8-19. Then in the second half the “lid” came off the basket and they outplayed Lexington 21-16. Ashley Christopher and Chelsea Lee each had a game high 10 points. Ashley also had 6 reb and was 6 for 6 in free throws. Chelsea also had 2 reb, 7 steals and 1 assist. Patti Klinger had 1 reb and 1 steal. Brielle Adens had 2 reb and 1 steal. Tushanda McKinney had 5 pts, 8 reb and 1 steal. Leah Murray had 2 pts and 7 reb.

The PSD Panthers dropped to 1 and 5 with a 33 - 57 loss to Stern Hebrew. Freshman Michael Andrews scored high for PSD with 12 points; Chris Camacho contributed 8, including 2 threes; Brian Wimberly, Knolis Davis, and Akilyas Yacob each added 4; Hiram Ramos tossed in a foul shot. The Team is now off for the Winter Break and will meet City Center Academy at PSD on 1/15 for their first game of the new year.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team won their game yesterday against Falk School. The score was 56 to 33. We thought it was going to be a tight game but we took the lead and kept it right after half of the first quarter. Michael Lumley scored 14 points, had 13 rebounds and 8 assists, David Wantuck scored 24 points, and had 6 steals, Alex Dailey scored 8 points, had 14 rebounds, had 6 blocks, and 6 steals.  Overall the team played an amazing game with good offensive and defensive teamwork. Michael Lumley was congratulated at today’s game for scoring his 1025th point.  By the end of the game, his total points scored were 1039.

The St. Mary’s School for the Deaf Girls Basketball team improved their record to 3 wins and 3 losses with two wins in the past week.  Alisa Bendelewski scored 24 points and Crystle Marion added 22 in a 50-30 win at the Rochester School for the Deaf.  Chaynna Powell had 13 rebounds for SMSD.  St. Mary’s also beat Amherst Christian 54-39 as Alisa Bendelewski scored 30 points.  Holly Wilkes had 12 points and 13 rebounds.  Crystle Marion added 10 points.  Minnie Weber and Valentina Cipolla played great defense.

PSD's Panthers recorded their first win with a 48 - 28 victory over the visiting Tornadoes from NYSD.  Brian Wimberly contributed 19 points, 9 rebounds and 7 blocked shots to boost the Team's record to 1 and 4.  Randy Spann added 7 points; Hiram Ramos, 6; Chris Camacho, 6, including 4 for 4 at the line; Knolis Davis, 4; and 2 each from Michael Andrews, Danny Guzman, and Akilyas Yacob.  For the Golden Tornadoes: Dale Powell shot a game high 21; Aaron Britt tossed in 3 and Nathan Brown and Julius Aman Kwah added 2 each.  The Fanwood record is now 3 and 5. In previous action the Panther's lost their season opener to MKSD, 48 - 19, and were out-matched outside the arch where Crefeld managed six 3-pointers in a 33 - 40 loss.  Knolis Davis was high scorer for PSD in the first game with 7.  Brian W, scoring 11 against Crefeld, was the top earner in that game. Traveling to New England last weekend, PSD lost a heartbreaker in overtime to RISD, 42 - 44.  Brian W was the game's high scorer with 13.  Against TLC the Panthers were down 4 - 18 at the half and put in 37 points in the second half but it wasn't enough to beat the Galloping Ghosts.  Brian W was the game's high scorer once again with 19 in the 41 - 48 loss.

The SMSD boys varsity basketball team lost to North Collins School by five points yesterday. The score was 52 to 47. We were lead by 2 points at half time. Michael Lumley scored 22 points, had 6 rebounds and 4 assists, David Wantuck scored 18 points, and had 3 steals, Alex Dailey scored 7 points, had 7 rebounds and 3 blocks with his sore back and ankle.
 

2007 New Jersey Tip Off Tournament Results - Girls Bracket: 1^st New York, 2^nd New Jersey, 3^rd Scranton, 4^th Delaware. Sportsmanship Award - Delaware. All Tournament Team

Leighann Balillo, DSD, Julisa Gangway, SSSD, Kaitlin Newhard, SSSD, Tiffany Freeman, NYSD

Alisa Powell, NYSD, Chelsea Lee, NJSD, Tushanda McKinney, NJSD
 

2007 New Jersey Tip Off Tournament Results - Boys Bracket: 1^st New Jersey, 2^nd Scranton

3^rd New York, 4^th Delaware. Sportsmanship Award - Delaware. All Tournament Team

Atonio Resto, DSD, Dale Powell, NYSD, Aaron Britt, NYSD, Mike Derenick, SSSD, Byron Evans, SSSD, Marvin Shuler, NJSD, Wayne Jennings, NJSD

Saturday Game Results - Girls Consolation – SSSD (47)  vs  DSD  (27); Boys Consolation – NYSD (35) vs DSD (29), Girls Championship – NJSD (29) vs NYSD (35), Boys Championship – NJSD (63) vs SSSD (34)

RISD 44 - PSD 42. Nate Robinson and Antonio Gomez combined for 25 points as the Roosters defeated the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf at Cooney Gym. PSD had an eight point lead mid way through the second half but Rhody scored 10 straight points to pull ahead. Brian Wimberly scored 2 of his team high points with three seconds left to tie the game, 40-40, and force an overtime. Nate Robinson scored on a driving lay up and hit two free throws to seal the victory for RISD in OT. He was 7 for 8 from the free throw line. Rhode Island improved it's record to 4 wins and 3 losses.

RISD 48 - NECA 42. Jessika Wordell scored a game high 20 points leading the Lady Reds to a hard fought victory over New England Christian Academy at Cooney Gym. Electra Smith added 12 points, most on driving lay ups following steals. Jasmine McLean and Jordan Byrnes combined for 16 points in the low post. NECA rallied in the final minutes of the second half behind the three point shooting of Rebecca Benevides but Rhody held on for the victory. Their record is now 5 wins and 1 loss. They are 3-0 in the Coastal Prep League.
 

New Jersey Basketball - Girls Varsity 12/4. NJSD  20 - Ranney School 56. This was the girls’ first game; a vast improvement over last years first game when they only scored 2 points!  Ashely Christopher had 4 pts, 7 reb, 2 stls. Tushanda McKinney had 6 pts, 3 reb, and 3 stls. Angela Bun had 4 pts, 1 reb and 1 assist. Patti Klinger had 1 steal. Leah Murray had 4 reb. Chelsea Lee had 6 pts, 4 reb, 2 steals and 1 asisst.  Chelsea is an 8^th grader really helping the team.

12/6 - NJSD  28 - St. Mary’s Academy 56. Ashely Christopher 2 pts and 4 reb. Tushanda McKinney 10 pts, 7 reb, 1 steal. Angela Bun 4 pts, 6 reb, 1 steal. Brielle Adens 3 reb. Chelsea Lee 10 pts, 3 steal 3 assists – she was also 6 for 8 in free throws. Leah Murray 4 reb and 2 pts. Patti Klinger 1 steal.

12/11 - NJSD  28 - Warren Tech 59. Brielle Adens had 1 reb and 1 steal. Angela Bun has a team high 12 pts, 5 reb, 2 steals. Ashley Christopher had 4 pts, 2 reb, and 2 steals. Tushanda McKinney had 5 pts, 3 reb and 1 steal and assist. Leah Murray had 3 pts, and a team high 9 reb. Chelsea Lee had 2 pts, 1 reb and a team high 4 steals. Season record: 0-3

Rochester School for the Deaf Girls Varsity Basketball team currently has a record of 1-2.  The wildcats suffered opening season losses to both Charlotte and OSD (Ohio School for the Deaf). On Tuesday the girls played against Rome School for the Deaf and defeated the Trojans by the score of 39-18.  Victoria Foster had 17 points in the win to pace the wildcats.  Gloria Wink had 17 rebounds with 2 assists and 2 steals and Melissa Jones added 12 rebounds and scored 6 points. Coaches Nordquist/Canne

Dec 1st Our first game was playing against Ohio School for the Deaf on our wildcats court and we lost to talented OSD, 61 to 39.  Richard Spiecker, junior leaded high score 16 points. The record is 0-1. Last week the two games were canceled. On Dec 11 visiting Rome(NYSSD) controlled the whole game.  The result is 62 to 46. Steven Alianell, seniorl leaded double digits, 20 points and 15 rebounds and Richard Spiecker, junior had 13 points and 4 assists.  The next game will be on Thursday, Dec 13 against rivialy St Marys School for the Deaf on our wildcats court. he record is 0-2. Coach Helmick and Rood, jr

Lexington 34 Kew Forest 26. We earned our first IPPSAL win without 2 of our starters. Ashley Jeremie scored 9 points and Florence Norman scored 8 points. Ashley Jeremie stepped up for the Blue Jays to grab 9 rebounds. AshleyJeremie led team with 6 steals. We had the help as our team scored SIX 3-point field goals overall. We needed five of those shots in 3rd quarter to come back into large lead from being 8 points down. Record: 2- 2 IPPSAL 1-2

Lexington 25 Lawrence Woodmere Academy 46. We were down 14 to 13 at halftime and could not hold on the 2nd half as we missed a lot of shots and made several key turnovers. Again we played without 2 of our starters. Ashley Jeremie and Shanika Hewitt each scored 8 for Blue Jays. Ashley rebounded 7 times. Shanika Hewitt had 5 steals and 3 assists. Record: 2-3 IPPSAL 1-3. Coach Frank Wells

RISD Basketball. BOYS: RISD 42 - PUTNAM SCIENCE 52 - Antonio Gomez, Jordan Marcotte and Nathan Robinson combined for 37 points but it was not enough to over come the front line of Putnam. Seven footer, Rundell Mauge, had 17 points. Meanwhile 6'6" forward, Halid Gul added 11 as their team held off the Roosters.

RISD Basketball. GIRLS: - RISD 31 MASTERS 18. Jessika Wordell scored 13 points and Electra Smith added 11 as the Lady Reds cruised past Masters in a Coastal Prep League match up.

SCRANTON BOYS BASKETBALL REPORT: November 29th. The Bears opened their season at home, hosting the Mill Neck Manor Chiefs.  The Bears jumped out to a quick 10 point lead, and would not trail for the rest of the night. The Chiefs put up a valiant fight, mounting a scrappy counterattack, but the size and speed of the Bears was too much to overcome.  Final buzzer had Scranton with the opening win 47-24.  Demetrius Curtis notched a double-double with 16 points and 11 boards, Senior Mike Derenick and Sophomore Byron Evans each added 10 points.

 The opening win put the team on a positive note to face the Summit Christian Academy Patriots in game two of the season.  Since adding them to our schedule, we have never beaten the Patriots and we were anxious for this to be the year;  Demetrius Curtis won the tip easily, swatting it to Byron Evans for a quick pass up the floor to a wide-open Ronnell Perkins.  Ronnell dropped in the left-handed lay-up and the early lead.  We played terrific defense for the first two stanzas, ending the half dead-locked at 20.  11 turnovers kept our opponents in the game and we resolved to take better care of the ball in the 2nd half.  We did slightly better in the final two quarters, building and protecting a slim lead, taking advantage of our opponents errors and staying disciplined in the half-court offense.  The discipline and control paid off as we notched our first-ever win in close defensive battle 42-37.

Game 3 of the season found the Bears back at home with the Tornadoes of Fanwood blowing into town on the heels of a small clipper storm.  Once again, discipline and strong team play in the half-court found the Bears in the driver's seat early - setting up easy baskets and wide-open looks for our boys.  After building a slim margin at the half, we extended the lead, catching the Tornadoes by surprise a couple of times on fast-break opportunities.  Despite early foul trouble for our big men, the second half was more disciplined on the defensive end, creating opportunities for our offense and smothering Fanwood's interior attempts - not giving up many clean looks at the bucket.  At the final horn, the Bears remained perfect at 3-0 with our second double-digit win of the season 46-32.  Demetrius Curtis had his second double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds.  Senior Captain, Mike Derenick matched Curtis' 15 points and added 3 assists.

Next up for the Bears(3-0) will be a new opponent on our schedule - St. Rose Academy on Dec 12th.  Then we will head to New Jersey for the Annual Tip Off Tournament where we are scheduled to face Fanwood again in the opening round.

Doug Boersma - SSSD Boys Head Coach

NYSSD 34 Mohawk Valley 21- The undefeated Trojanettes moved to 3-0 on the season with a NCAC victory over MV.  Shannon Kierpiec and Cassandra Perry led the scoring with 8 points each.  Trittney Marriott had a career high 14 rebounds to go along with her 4 points.  Kaitlyn Schwabrow collected 10 rebounds and 4 points.  Amanda Miller provided 6 points and 7 steals for the team.  Next game: Tuesday, Dec 11th vs. the Lady Wildcats at Rochester,NY.

NYSSD 67 Mohawk Valley 78 - The Trojans put up a good fight against the defending NCAC champion Eagles.  It was a hard fought battle between two good teams that like to use a fast break offense and tough pressing defenses.   Irick Carter was outstanding with his 21 point,16 rebound performance.  Ty Miller netted 10 points and had 7 steals.  Chris Marion and Eric Nusbaum combined for 12 rebounds and some solid defensive play.  Jeremy Lloyd added 6 points and Matt Lazarus contributed 5 steals.  Nx. Game:  Dec 11th at RSD vs. the Wildcats

"MSD football, volleyball win national crowns"   Maryland School for the Deaf's football and volleyball teams have won national deaf prep championships again. The Orioles' football team won its fifth straight crown and sixth out of the last seven years, while the volleyball team picked up a co-national deaf championship. The teams were named by Deafdigest.com. Barry Strassler, the sports editor at the publication, make the final selections after game reports and nominations, MSD football coach and athletic director Andy Bonheyo said. The MSD football team posted an 11-0 record and have gone undefeated two straight seasons. The Orioles were an easy pick over Indiana SD (9-3) and Texas SD (10-3). MSD defensive back Kevin Berrigan was among three football athletes named co-players of the year. Indiana SD's Gabriel Paulone and Texas SD's Delvin Furlough were the other athletes honored. Berrigan, along with running back Ryan Bonheyo, linemen Colin Hill, Clayton Grossinger, Mark Cross and Travis Oshman and defensive back Joseph Solano were named All-Americans by Deafdigest.com.

In volleyball, MSD shares the title with Minnesota SD. The Orioles have won two straight national crowns and four of the last five. The Orioles' Lauren Benedict and Minnesota SD's Rosie Goodman were named co-players of the year in volleyball. MSD's Lauren Benedict, Sabrina Roult and Andrea Amati were named All-Americans.

New Jersey Boys Varsity Basketball - November 29^th - NJSD 48, Pennsylvania SD  19

The Colts started off the year with a win over PSD. Chris Webb led the way with 10 pts and 4 ast. Victor Montes de Oca added a game high 11 rebounds along with 3 steals and 2 blocks. Wayne Jennings made the only 3 pointer and totaled 7 pts, 3 assists and 3 steals. Marvin Shuler contributed with 7 rebounds and 5 pts. Team wise there were only 4 turnovers.

December 4^{th -} NJSD  63 - Ranney School  32. Marvin Shuler, on the day he was announced as soccer’s national player of the year, had 5 points, a game high 3 blocks and 9 rebounds. Victor Montes de Oca led the way with 14 rebounds (9 offensive) along with 2 blocks and was the games high scorer with 16 points. Brandon Hall led with 5 assists, 2 steals and 5 rebounds. Wayne Jennings had 3 steals, but more importantly played a stifling man to mabn defense that showed a marked improvemnet over last year. Wayne held Ranney’s leading scorer to a single 3 pointer.... compared to 7 he put in last year on his way to a 30 point game in 06. Keon Housley chipped in 9 points, freshman Marquis Gainey got 2 points, and Chris Webb had another outstanding game with 11 points.

Season Record: 2-0 Next game @ St. Mary's Academy on Thursday 12/6

NYSSD 66 - New Life 53. The Trojans started the '07-'08 NCAC basketball season with an exciting win over the defending league champions.  Ty Miller and Irick Carter combined to score 45 of the 66 points in a great display of offense.  Jeremy Lloyd netted 6 points and had 4 steals.  Matt Lazarus had a strong game with 2 points and 8 rebounds.  Chris Marion and Eric Nusbaum each had a basket and played good defense.

NYSSD 58 - Faith 36. The Trojans moved to 2-0 on the young season with an impressive win over the Flames.  Ty Miller led the way with 15 points and several steals.  Irick Carter had 8 points, 7 rebounds, and several blocked shots.  Matt Lazarus, Alex Rivera, Eric Nusbaum, and Chris Marion all contributed on offense.   Alex also had 4 assists and Austin Howard and Corey Twombly combined for 9 rebounds.

NYSSD 31 - New Life 29. The Trojanettes played a great first half of basketball to lead at the half by a score of 23 -7.   New Life made a run in the third period to close the gap to 27-17.  With a minute left in the game, the Trojanettes scored a couple of buckets to end up with a two point victory.  Shannon Kierpiec led all scorers with 16 points.  Kaitlyn Schwabrow netted 8 points and had 9 rebounds. Amanda Miller contributed two points and several assists.  Jessica Miller had two points and a key steal.

NYSSD 35 - Faith 23. The Trojanettes are off to a strong start in the NCAC with a 2-0 record.  NYSSD got off to a 17-4 lead and never slowed down to win their second straight game of the season.  Shannon Kierpiec netted 11 points.  Kaitlyn Schwabrow contributed 9 points and 8 rebounds.

Lexington Blue Jays Girls Basketball. Winston 28 Lexington 32. Last Friday, we played our first game and won. Lisa Meyer scored 12 points and grabbed 19 rebounds (13 defensive rebounds). Ashley Jeremie a newcomer to the team scored 8 points. Shanika Hewitt dished 4 assists. Our next game is Monday at 5 PM against Long Island Lutheran. Lexington 1-0 Frank Wells, Head Coach

SSSD vs Mill Neck Manor. SSSD won! 47 to 24... At the start of the game SSSD scores 14 straight points. Mill Neck finally scores on a foul shot but  SSSD leads the whole game and wins with a score of 47-24.

Rhode Island School for the Deaf Boy's and Girl's teams open their season with victories!. RI Deaf Boys 53 - Masters Regional Christian Academy 27

Senior, Nate Robinson and Junior, Jordan Marcotte combined for 41 points as the Roosters cruised to victory in their season opener, 53-27.

RI Deaf Girls 47 - New England Christian Academy 27

Jessika Wordell, Electra Smith and Jasmine McLean each scored in double figures as the Lady Reds opened their season with a victory, 47-27.